Mozambique vote: Incumbent president, party lead

Incumbent President Armando Guebuza leads in Mozambique's elections by a wide margin, with more than 80 percent of votes counted.

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Ferry sinks in northern Mozambique; 17 feared dead

Mozambique's government says an overcrowded ferry went down off the coast in a northern province, and 17 people are feared drowned.

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Mozambique mob, angry over disease rumors, kills 4

A mob angered by rumors that health workers were spreading cholera has killed four people in northern Mozambique. And 12 suspects in the violence were killed later in what a prison official said Tuesday was a fight in jail.

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Mozambique floods kill 19; worse may lie ahead

Authorities in Mozambique say torrential rains have killed 19 people in the past few days and worse flooding may lie ahead.

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Cyclone Kills at Least 7 in Mozambique

At least seven people have been killed by a powerful cyclone that lashed northern and central Mozambique, ripping off roofs and leaving many towns without water or power, government officials said Monday.

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Some Refuse to Flee Mozambique Flood

Relief workers used dugout canoes, motorboats and a U.N. helicopter to rescue villagers from rising floodwaters Wednesday, but others refused to go because it would mean leaving their crops and livestock.

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It is one of the rarest giants of the ocean, and it has been caught on film for the first time. An underwater camera crew filming for the BBC recorded a smalleye stingray swimming off the coast of Mozambique.

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A British construction firm has been ordered to pay almost £5m after pleading guilty to overseas corruption and breaching UN sanctions. Mabey & Johnson tried to influence officials in Jamaica and Ghana when bidding for public contracts.

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Every year, millions of dragonflies fly thousands of kilometres across the sea from southern India to Africa... ...and then likely back again, a round trip of 14,000 to 18,000km. More Articles

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British scientists say a rainforest they spotted in northern Mozambique is one of the most significant such discoveries in years.

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A herd of hungry elephants has forced all 5,000 families from a village in northern Mozambique to abandon their homes, state media reported on Friday.

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Angry mob killed three Red Cross volunteers holding them responsible for infection of water sources. Two policemen who tried to protect the volunteers also fell to the mob's fury.

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Conservationists have found a host of new species after discovering uncharted new territory on the internet map Google Earth.

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All Africa reports, "South Africa and Mozambique on Friday agreed to jointly fight organised crime and crimes directed at women and children. This emerged during a two-day Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security conference which ended on Friday.

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She and her husband, Pat Retzlaff, were farmers in Zimbabwe when, in 2000, President Robert Mugabe encouraged the violent takeover of white-owned property.

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1) Violence against women in the home continues in Mexico 2) Tunisia: Torturing detainees 3) Ongoing impunity for police violence in Africa 4) Enforced disappearance – the missing are not forgotten: Philippines; Chad; Algeria ....

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Thanks to the dwindling primary natural resources, oil and gas, the West is hounding Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Sudan's al-Bashir, and heaping blame on Russia and China for protecting them; thus setting the stage for a new Cold War to be fought in Africa.

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TWO women have reportedly been eaten by lions near a national park in northern Mozambique. Their deaths bring the number of people killed by wild cats in the region to 16 in six months. More Articles and Seeds From blinkin

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[Excerpt:] - Panicky South African tourists are reported to be evacuating Mozambique, fearing retaliation from locals for the xenophobic attacks on Mozambicans in South Africa. President Armando Guebuza has urged his people "not to react with hatred".

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An aid ship has docked in the port of Beira in Mozambique, as relief efforts to help thousands of people displaced by floods are being stepped up.

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Some 45,000 people in Mozambique have been displaced by flooding along the Zambezi valley. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people could be affected over the coming weeks if forecast rains fall in upper reaches of the valley.

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Over the past few years, in Namibia and Uganda, Mozambique, and Burundi, and scores of other impoverished, war-torn countries, American private security companies have increased efforts to hire former fighters for work in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other global hot spots, according t …

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As a result of heavy rainfall, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zambia have experienced localized flooding affecting at least 16,000 people, and possibly affecting tens of thousands more.

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As water levels continue to rise in Mozambique's main river systems, aid workers have expressed fears of a repeat of the 2007 flooding, the worst the country had experienced in six years.

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FOR boosting the economy of his country bringing peace to a war-ravaged nation, serving his people truthfully and turning down the chance for a third term in office, even when it was legal for him to seek it, among others, former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, has eme …

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The most ambitious attempt to engineer a vaccine against malaria has cleared another key hurdle, with tests among African babies showing the prototype to be safe and highly protective, a study released on Wednesday said.

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Mozambique has doubled daily electricity supplies to Zimbabwe, helping to ease an acute power shortage in the southern African country amid a severe economic crisis, state media reported on Tuesday.

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Self-help works in Mozambique with some modest assistance of an international NGO.

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Seven developing countries in Africa and Asia will be the first to take part in a new global health campaign aimed at directing aid more effectively at the basic needs of poor countries, Britain said on Wednesday.

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MAPUTO, Mozambique (Reuters) -- U.S. first lady Laura Bush announced on Wednesday Mozambique will receive $507 million to build roads and boost its battle with malaria, which kills about 150 Mozambicans each day.

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There has been a series of explosions at a weapons depot in Mozambique, situated near the capital's airport. Thousands of people in Maputo fled in panic as shells and shrapnel were hurled into the air. Smoke and blasts could be seen and heard from 10km away.

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